network 2018 - APRIL 6, MARLBOROUGH

Join your colleagues from across Massachusetts for another inspiring edition of MCAE's NETWORK Conference, featuring high quality workshops that give you the tools you need to shine in the classroom, as a counselor, and as an administrator.

NETWORK 2018 will be held Friday, April 6 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA.

Our deadline for submitting workshop proposals has now passed - thanks to everyone who took the time to share their ideas. We are now in the process of finalizing the day's schedule and the roster of presentations, but NETWORK 2018 is shaping up to be fantastic! You won't want to miss it!

Each year at NETWORK, MCAE presents its outstanding Student Award, its Outstanding Educator Award, and the Ruth E. Derfler Memorial Scholarship to honor worthy and notable students and educators in the adult education field in Massachusetts. We are now accepting nominations for each of the two awards as well as applications for the scholarship. Nominations are due by Wednesday, February 28, while scholarship applications are due by Friday, March 9.

Visit our Awards page for all the details, including copies of our nomination and application forms.

NETWORK 2017 - HIGHLIGHTS

NETWORK 2017 afforded attendees the chance to share promising educational practices, to recognize and to remember their colleagues and peers, and to explore new ways to affect critical debates in the Commonwealth. Among the workshops on offer were:

Leadership can sometimes be a complicated art, sometimes it’s a simple act.

MCAE is asking you to be a leader - by joining us and by combining your voice with ours on behalf of adult educators and students here in Massachusetts. For more than two decades, in collaboration with ABE leaders across the Commonwealth, MCAE has sought to promote public policies that provide the resources necessary to deliver high-quality educational services, that improve working conditions for program staff, and that enhance the quality of life for adult learners and their families.

Our work can only continue with your support, however. So, please, join MCAE and the organizations listed below by clicking here now.

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The Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) champions the right of all adults to acquire 21st century literacy, English language and numeracy skills leading to economic prosperity, strong families and vibrant communities. MCAE provides leadership, professional development, communication and advocacy to advance quality adult basic education.

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MCAE LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING

Adult Basic Education: A Critical Investment in Massachusetts’ Future

On Tuesday, January 16, MCAE hosted a briefing at the State House for members of the Legislature and their staffs to promote a greater understanding of the importance of adult basic education to Massachusetts’ families and to the Commonwealth’s shared future.

Over 50 attendees were on hand to hear presentations from Michele Diecuch of ProLiteracy, Tye Graham of Eastern Bank, and Christine Tibor from the Framingham Public Schools, as well as remarks from Senator Eileen Donoghue, Representative Bob Koczera, and Representative Dan Cullinane. MCAE Director Jeff McLynch made the case for renewed investment in ABE and urged the Legislature to support the organization’s budget request of $34.5 million for FY 2019.

MCAE was part of Raise Up Massachusetts’ successful effort to collect more than 270,000 signatures and to take a major step toward putting a $15 per hour minimum wage and a paid family and medical leave program on the November 2018 ballot.

Click here to learn more about the signature drive and the positive impact that these policies would have for Massachusetts’ workers and families. Click here to view coverage of Raise Up’s recent rally by WWLP-22 Springfield.

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